Former overall World Cup winner Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is out of the ski season that begins this weekend. The 32-year-old Norwegian announced this on Wednesday. The reason for his longer break is another operation on his damaged left shoulder as a result of his serious fall in Wengen in January.
“Don’t worry, guys. I will not resign,” Kilde said in a video posted to his Instagram channel. However, the past few months since his racing accident have been very challenging “physically and mentally”. Initially the rehab went normally, but in the summer he had to undergo shoulder surgery due to an infection. It was the first of what has now been several interventions. The new operation is now necessary because the infection has also damaged the bones. Kilde expects “three or four months” of rehab.
“It’s been a wild journey so far and we’re not quite done yet: another operation, another rehab and no racing this winter,” he wrote about his video and added: “But believe me – I’ll be back.” In that In a short film he speaks of “hopefully the last valley before the return”.
